WESTERN ASIATIC ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH STANDING FIGURES Ur III Period, 2112-2004 BC A calcite alabaster cylinder seal, contemporary copy with frieze of a seated goddess in flounced robe confronted by a standing figure in similar costume holding the arm of a third figure in a loose fringed mantle, three columns of hieroglyphs behind reading: 1. UR-dDÙ-TIM Ur-Banītim(?), 2. DUB.SAR scribe, 3. DUMU ÍL-ZU son of .... 15 grams, 28mm (1"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s.
WESTERN ASIATIC ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEAL WITH STANDING FIGURES Ur III Period, 2112-2004 BC A calcite alabaster cylinder seal, contemporary copy with frieze of a seated goddess in flounced robe confronted by a standing figure in similar costume holding the arm of a third figure in a loose fringed mantle, three columns of hieroglyphs behind reading: 1. UR-dDÙ-TIM Ur-Banītim(?), 2. DUB.SAR scribe, 3. DUMU ÍL-ZU son of .... 15 grams, 28mm (1"). Condition Fine condition. Provenance Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s.
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